A small and unexpected bit of encouragement from across the Pacific: two of my jazz tracks, “Waltz for the Unseen”… Read more
Author: cary
The Platform Before the Candidate
The first room at the Obama Presidential Center is quieter than visitors expect. People come in from Jackson Park ready… Read more
Meaning, the Seventh Moat: What Is Worth Doing
A mail route is one of those ordinary systems that reveals a civilization’s moral life better than most speeches do…. Read more
The Model T moment for AI
Most of what matters in technology arrives quietly. Not with a keynote. Not with a countdown clock and a curtain… Read more
Great Systems Outlive Their Heroes
Thank you, Andrew Morton. Andrew Morton may have written one of the most important leadership memos of the year, and… Read more
Systems Thinking, the Fifth Moat: The Human Skill of Seeing the Whole
A society that cannot think systemically will use intelligent machines to automate its confusion. That sentence may sound severe. It… Read more
Adaptation, the Fourth Moat: Learning Without Losing Ourselves
Consider a man like Marcus, who teaches automotive technology at a regional career center in central Ohio. He has been… Read more
The Graduation Promise and the Adjunct Reality
Three years ago, I wrote an article called “AI and the Adjuncts: The Converging Trends Reshaping Higher Education.” At the… Read more
Craft, the Third Moat: Done Is Easy, Good Is the Moat
Earl walks the apron at 5:47 in the morning, before most of the airport is awake. He has worked for… Read more
Welcome to the Iceberg Economy
The first mistake is looking for disappearing jobs. The second mistake is looking only at Silicon Valley. The third mistake… Read more